TRACKS: ROMA, TERME DI CARACALLA

ITA - ITALY

ROMA, TERME DI CARACALLA

Not to be confused with

Castelfusano - Circuito Ostiense - Roma (1912) - Roma, Acqua Traversa - Roma, Colle Ferro - Roma, EUR (Formula E) - Roma, EUR F.1 (1985) - Roma, EUR F.1 (201x) - Roma, EUR kart (2004) - Roma, Grotta Perfetta - Roma, Monte Mario - Roma, Parioli / Valle Giulia - Roma, Pista del Littorio - Roma, Prenestino - Roma, Tre Fontane - Roma, Tre Monti - Torricola

Description

Location

Roma
RM - Roma - Lazio

Location

Roma, Terme di Caracalla

Latitude - Longitude

+ 41°52'50" + 12°29'37"
41.880556 12.493611

UTM Coordinates

X = 292031.768 - Y = 4639552.321 - Zone 33T

Aerial photo / Map (*)

OpenStreetMap - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Google Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Bing Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Flash Earth - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Wikimapia

Altitude AMSL

30 m - 98 ft

Inauguration

1945

Closing

June 1^st 1997

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)

(1)	Forum	Forum Europe Italy ITA - Circuito di Roma (cittadino) Formula E (2014) [ITA]
(2)	forums.autosport.com (...)	Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum A stroll around Caracalla (with Barry Boor’s photos)
(3)	www.maranello.cc/german/pirro/Galleries.Eventi/f50anni/Roma.Caracalla.htm	Photos of Ferrari event (1997)
(4)	https://www.milermeter.com/?r=5820030
(5)	https://www.milermeter.com/?r=5831236
(6)	https://www.milermeter.com/?r=5831255
(7)	Autosprint 13/1985 (page 18)	In april second historical parade of Circuito di Caracalla
(8)	Autosprint 22/1997 (page 40)
(9)	www.corriereromano.it (...)	[Publishing date: December 1^st 2012]

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Terme di Caracalla

Description	Street track used from 1945 to 1947 by motorbikes and 1947 to 1951 by cars. Here in 1947 Ferrari won its first race.
Years	1945÷1951
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit	YES
Type	Street course
Inauguration	1945
Closing	1951
Last update of this page	February 25^th 2013
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - Viale Guido Baccelli
length	3440 m	11286 ft	2.138 mi
length	3420 m	11222 ft	2.125 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(5)

Terme di Caracalla

Description	Street circuit used only on June 1^st 1997 for a parade for celebrate 50 years later the first Ferrari victory. It partially traces the old Terme di Caracalla circuit.
Years	1997
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Demo/parade circuit
Inauguration	June 1^st 1997
Closing	June 1^st 1997
Last update of this page	February 25^th 2013
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - Piazza di Porta Capena - Via Dei Cerchi - Via del Circo Massimo - Piazza di Porta Capena - Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
length	3041 m	9978 ft	1.89 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(6)

Formula E

Description	At the end of 2012, Rome was proposed as the venue for a Formula E (Electrically powered single seater cars world championship) in 2014. This is one of the proposed circuit, together with the EUR F.1 proposal not developed.
Years
Direction
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	February 25^th 2013
Info last update	December 1^st 2012
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2449 m	8035 ft	1.522 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(4)

Roma, Terme di Caracalla: comparison between layouts

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This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

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Roma - Terme di Caracalla 1947

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Roma - Terme di Caracalla 1997

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
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(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Roma, Terme di Caracalla: proposal for Formula E 2014 event

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
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(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

PHOTOS

Photos already posted on Atlas F.1 - The Nostalgia Forum and here published with author’s permission. Comments by Barry Boor slighty modified; Italian translation is mine
On the map you see above, you will find red numbers (denoting the corners) and black letters with little arrows by them (referring to the images and the direction that I was looking at the time).
Sorry about the missing section (I must go back sometime!!!) I hope this gives a taste of what must have been a very interesting and exciting place to run a motor race.

Photos by Barry Boor - June 2003
Click on thumbnail to open original large photo

1 2 3 4
A
Taken looking down towards turn 1, from roughly where I imagine the start/finish line would have been. B
The apex of turn 1 - a hairpin. Just 100 metres to my left was the Circus Maximus. C
Looking back towards turn 1 from the inside of the circuit. D
Looking back from just before turn 2, again from the inside.

5 6 7 8
E
Looking back from the entrance to turn 2. F
Brother-in-Law Mick is standing on the apex of turn 2. G
The exit of turn 2 looking towards turn 3. H
Looking back towards turn 2 from the outside of 3. Just right of centre you can see the gap which is turn 2.

9 10 11 12
I
In this area I have a feeling that the road may have been changed since 1949! I confess to having modified the track map to look as it does now. The original from Darren’s site has a curve where this section is straight, but I found no evidence of it. This image shows the approach to turn 4, which turns right just after the blue and white cubicles which I suspect were NOT there in the late 40s! J
Looking back towards turn 3 from the entrance to turn 4 K
Looking back towards the exit of turn 4. This is the prettiest section of the circuit.
I spotted these in the vicinity of images 11 & 13 - I get the feeling that way back in the 40s, the circuit, or at least parts of it, may have been surfaced like this!

13 14 15 16
M
Looking uphill through the wooded section before turn 5. N
Just before the right-hander at turn 5. O
Looking back down from the opposite side of the road to where photo 14 was taken. P
From the outside of turn 5 looking up the road towards turn 6.

17 18 19 20
R
Looking back towards turn 5 about half way to 6. S
Taken from what would have been around the braking area for turn 6 - another 180 degree hairpin. T
Looking across the apex of the top hairpin, turn 6 U
Looking back across the same corner from the other side of the road.

21 22 23 24
V
Leaving the hairpin W
Further down the same section with the exit of turn 5 becoming visible through the trees to the left. X
The nearest thing to a chicane on this track. Turn 5 is immediately to the left. Y
Looking back at the left hand part of this little left/right.

25 26 27 28
Z
Looking back at the same corner but from further down the road. The exit of turn 5 is on the right. AA
Heading down the straight towards turn 7. BB
Looking back down the same section. CC
Still looking the wrong way, unfortunately but this is the braking area for turn 7.

29 30 31 32
DD
The last few metres before the turn in to turn 7. EE
The apex of turn 7 FF
And just to prove the point, there are the arches of the city walls in the background. GG
This is looking away from turn 7 in the direction of turn 8.

33 34 35

HH
This is the apex of turn 8. JJ
This is a picture that requires careful explanation. What you are looking at is turn 4, (the road coming down on the right of centre) - while I am standing around where the entry to turn 8 must have been. As you can see, there is more than one section of road running up the hill to the left. Clearly this section of road has been widened considerably as the years have passed and so it is somewhat difficult to determine exactly which piece of road follows the old race circuit the closest. I would like to think that maybe it is the narrow section in the centre but probably more likely is that it was somewhere around the line of the very wide piece of road to the far left. Although the 2 branches of the track appear to be very close together, they do diverge further up, as you can see from the map. KK
This picture is similar to the one immediately above, but taken from nearer turn 4.

Updates

Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note

February 25^th 2013 Guido de Carli Peer Risch Peer Risch Update Description with map

February 15^th 2013 Formula E Guido de Carli svestidello Update Description

May 14^th 2004 Terme di Caracalla 1945÷1951 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Update Map

May 14^th 2004 Terme di Caracalla 1997 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Update Map

September 12^th 2003 Terme di Caracalla 1945÷1951 Guido de Carli New Photos (on this site)

August 9^th 2003 Terme di Caracalla 1997 Guido de Carli Update Description

July 2^nd 2003 Terme di Caracalla 1945÷1951 Guido de Carli New Description

June 4^th 2003 Terme di Caracalla 1997 Guido de Carli Update Description

Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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1	2	3	4

A Taken looking down towards turn 1, from roughly where I imagine the start/finish line would have been.	B The apex of turn 1 - a hairpin. Just 100 metres to my left was the Circus Maximus.	C Looking back towards turn 1 from the inside of the circuit.	D Looking back from just before turn 2, again from the inside.

5	6	7	8

E Looking back from the entrance to turn 2.	F Brother-in-Law Mick is standing on the apex of turn 2.	G The exit of turn 2 looking towards turn 3.	H Looking back towards turn 2 from the outside of 3. Just right of centre you can see the gap which is turn 2.

9	10	11	12

I In this area I have a feeling that the road may have been changed since 1949! I confess to having modified the track map to look as it does now. The original from Darren’s site has a curve where this section is straight, but I found no evidence of it. This image shows the approach to turn 4, which turns right just after the blue and white cubicles which I suspect were NOT there in the late 40s!	J Looking back towards turn 3 from the entrance to turn 4	K Looking back towards the exit of turn 4. This is the prettiest section of the circuit.	I spotted these in the vicinity of images 11 & 13 - I get the feeling that way back in the 40s, the circuit, or at least parts of it, may have been surfaced like this!

13	14	15	16

M Looking uphill through the wooded section before turn 5.	N Just before the right-hander at turn 5.	O Looking back down from the opposite side of the road to where photo 14 was taken.	P From the outside of turn 5 looking up the road towards turn 6.

17	18	19	20

R Looking back towards turn 5 about half way to 6.	S Taken from what would have been around the braking area for turn 6 - another 180 degree hairpin.	T Looking across the apex of the top hairpin, turn 6	U Looking back across the same corner from the other side of the road.

21	22	23	24

V Leaving the hairpin	W Further down the same section with the exit of turn 5 becoming visible through the trees to the left.	X The nearest thing to a chicane on this track. Turn 5 is immediately to the left.	Y Looking back at the left hand part of this little left/right.

25	26	27	28

Z Looking back at the same corner but from further down the road. The exit of turn 5 is on the right.	AA Heading down the straight towards turn 7.	BB Looking back down the same section.	CC Still looking the wrong way, unfortunately but this is the braking area for turn 7.

29	30	31	32

DD The last few metres before the turn in to turn 7.	EE The apex of turn 7	FF And just to prove the point, there are the arches of the city walls in the background.	GG This is looking away from turn 7 in the direction of turn 8.

33	34	35

HH This is the apex of turn 8.	JJ This is a picture that requires careful explanation. What you are looking at is turn 4, (the road coming down on the right of centre) - while I am standing around where the entry to turn 8 must have been. As you can see, there is more than one section of road running up the hill to the left. Clearly this section of road has been widened considerably as the years have passed and so it is somewhat difficult to determine exactly which piece of road follows the old race circuit the closest. I would like to think that maybe it is the narrow section in the centre but probably more likely is that it was somewhere around the line of the very wide piece of road to the far left. Although the 2 branches of the track appear to be very close together, they do diverge further up, as you can see from the map.	KK This picture is similar to the one immediately above, but taken from nearer turn 4.

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
February 25^th 2013			Guido de Carli	Peer Risch	Peer Risch	Update	Description with map
February 15^th 2013	Formula E		Guido de Carli		svestidello	Update	Description
May 14^th 2004	Terme di Caracalla	1945÷1951	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Map
May 14^th 2004	Terme di Caracalla	1997	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Map
September 12^th 2003	Terme di Caracalla	1945÷1951	Guido de Carli			New	Photos (on this site)
August 9^th 2003	Terme di Caracalla	1997	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
July 2^nd 2003	Terme di Caracalla	1945÷1951	Guido de Carli			New	Description
June 4^th 2003	Terme di Caracalla	1997	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list